A misread of who is likely to vote. An overreliance on party registration. Failing to reach voters where they’re most likely to respond — via text and email — in favor of a phone call.
These are just some of the explanations for the great polling miss of the 2020 election, according to private political pollsters, who were still in their preliminary review of data of a race that still hangs in the balance Wednesday.
While Democrats are wringing their hands over how their numbers were off the mark, many Republicans claim that for the most part, they forecasted President Donald Trump in a much closer contest than the media and public believed. CONT.
Alex Roarty & David Catanese, McClatchy
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